Horse-releaser.



J. A. MOCALLUM & J. R. BELL. HORSE BELEABEB.

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UNITED STATES PATEN T QFFIQE.

JOHN A. MoGALLUM AND JOHN R. BELL, OF CALVIN, NORTH DAKOTA.

HORSE-RELEASER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 30, 1909.

Application filed July 23, 1908. Serial No. 444,994.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN A. MoCALLUM and JOHN R. BELL, subjects of theKing of England, residing at Calvin, in the county of Cavalier and Stateof North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHorse-Releasers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of carriages and wagons, and moreparticularly to horse releasing devices, and has for an object toprovide a device of this character which may be conveniently an plied toaxles of rdinary construction anc which will embody means whereby theshaft of the vehicle may be immediately released from the axle.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription and it will be understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimswithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a top plan view of the front axle of,a vehicle showing theapplication of the present invention thereto, Fig. 2 is a rearelevation, Fig. 3 is a detail view showing one of the pole retainingmembers in its released position, Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional viewon the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal sectional viewon the line 5-5 of Fig. 2, Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of aportion of a vehicle showing the application of the present invention toits front axle.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown aportion of a vehicle axle A of ordinary construction.

Adjacent to one end, the axle is provided with a metallic clip 10 of Uform and comprising depending leg members 11 and 12 respectivelydisposed at both sides of the axle, and these leg members, at theirlower ends, are threaded as shown at 1.3. The leg mem bers thus receivea washer plate 14 disposed beneath the axle, and held in place by meansof nuts 15 engaged with the threaded ends of the leg members. The clip,at its front side is provided with an enlarged portion 16 which carriesforwardly directed ears 17 and 18 respectively each being provided witha horizontally disposed passage 19, for a purpose to be hereinafterdescribed.

The axle, inwardly of the just described clip is provided with eye bolts20 and 21 respectively having reduced stems engaged in passages formedin the axle and which receive clamping nuts 22. The ears of the clip 10are thus arranged to receive one member B of a pair of shafts, as shownin Fig. 1 of the drawings. The passages formed in the ears 17 and 18thus receive the outer end of a sliding member 23 which is also engagedwith the shaft, as shown. The eye bolts 20 and 21 res ectively are alsoarranged to receive the sfiding member 23 as will be readily understood.The member 23 is provided with a flanged portion 24 which receives oneend of a coil spring 25, the other end of the spring being arranged tobear against the car 17 of the clip 10. At the inner end, the member 23is provided with a downwardly directed portion 26, and at the lower endthis portion 26 is provided with a forwardly directed eye member 27. Alatch member 28 is carried by the axle A and is provided with a rearwardly directed reduced stem 29 disposed in a passage formed in theaxle, and which is threaded to receive a clamping nut 30. The latchmember, adjacent to its forward end is provided with a verticallydisposed depression 31 arranged to receive the portion 26 of the member23. The latch member 28 is thus arranged to normally hold the member 23against the tension of the spring whereby the outer end of the member 23is normally engaged with the shaft member.

The axle opposite to the end ust described is provided with a slidingmember 32 identical to the member 23. The member 32 is connected in amanner identical to that of the member 23, and the outer end of thismember is normally disposed in passages formed in the cars 33 of a clip34. The member 32 is provided with a depending portion 35, and at thelower end this portion is provided with a forwardly directed eye member36. The portion 35 is engaged with a latch member 39 identical to themember 28. The latch member 39 is thus arranged to hold the member 32against the tension of the spring 40 carried by said member. The eyemembers 27 and 36 res )cctively thus receive the ends of a flexi loconnection 41 which may be connected with the vehicle in any suitablemanner for operation by the driver. The latch members are recessed asshown at X to receive the portions 26 and 35, as shown in Fig. 1. Itwill thus be seen that the ears 33 of the clip 34 receive the othermember B of the shafts previously described.

In use, should it be desired to release a horse from the vehicle a pullupon the flexible connections will elevate the portions 26 andrespectively of the members 23 and 32 respectively whereby they may bereleased from the latch members 28 and 39, whereupon, by means of thesprings 25 and respectively the members 23 and 32 respectively will bedisengaged from the end of the s aft.

What is claimed is l. The combination with an axle member, of clipsengaged with the axle member, forwardly extending spaced ears carried bythe clips, forwardly extending eye bolts engaged in the axle between theclips, a shaft slidably engaged in each pair of ears and in the adjacenteye bolts for movement into and out of position to extend across thespace between the ears, said ears being arranged for the engagement ofshafts therebetween, a spring for each of the sliding shafts andarranged to hold the said shafts out of position to extend across thespace between the ears, a downwardly directed member carried by theinner end of each of the sliding shafts, a forwardly directed eye membercarried by the lower end of each of the downwardly directed members, alatch member for each of the sliding shafts, said latch members beinglocated in position to receive the downwardly extending members of theshaft thereagainst to hold the sliding shafts against the action of thesprings, and means connected with the eye members for movement thereofto rotate the sliding shafts to bring the downwardly extending membersof the shafts out of engagement with the latch members 2. Thecombination with an axle member,-

of clips engaged with the axle member, for- 4 across the space betweenthe ears, a down- 7 wardly directed member carried by the inner end ofeach of the sliding shafts, a forwardly directed eye member carried bythe lower end of each of the downwardly directed members, a latch memberfor each of the sliding shafts, said latch members being located inposition to receive the downwardly extending mem bers of the shaftthereagainst to hold the sliding shafts against the action of thesprings, and means connected with the eye members for movement thereofto rotate the sliding shafts to bring the downwardly ex tending membersof the shaft out of engagement with the latch members, said latchmembers being recessed to receive the downwardly extending members ofthe sliding shafts.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures, in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN A. MOCALLUM. JOHN R. BELL.

lVitnesses Anornn SILLERs, J12, Dnrnnron DE VRIES.

